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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
April 28 - May 3, 2008

(26) Mykola Babich/Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine

Mykola Babich
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mykolaev

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$73,291.06

Oleg Nikolayev
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporizzya

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$37,662.24

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	19	0	0	0	2	2	1	5	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$47,187.73
FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	7	3	1	US$17,000.00
FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$4,950.00
Overall	39	1	0	0	2	2	1	6	5	6	3	2	7	3	1	US$69,137.73

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Oleg Nikolaev - 33rd	Mykola Babich - 33rd
2007	Oleg Nikolaev - 41st	Mykola Babich - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q3	17th	120	€ 0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	29, Q14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	24, Q13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	29, Q14	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	8/24-26/2007	European Championship	22	13th	240	€ 2,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	3	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	3	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	Q17	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q21	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	32, Q14	25th	60	US$2,000.00
CEV	5/17-20/2007	Austrian Masters		29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q20	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00

China Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/30/2008	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (7, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:41
Wed, 4/30/2008	Contender 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (10)	Won 27-25, 13-21, 17-15	1:07
Thu, 5/1/2008	Contender 2	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (9)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:48

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	9	$17,000.00
Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$450.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	11	$26,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mykola Babich												Oleg Nikolaev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,400.00	World Championships
17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	14	$10,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
46	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	32	$14,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	$8,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$2,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
8	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$6,735.00	Challenger	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$3,110.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	1	$5,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
92	1	1	0	0	3	11	11	12	53	$43,485.00	Total	27	1	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	12	$14,335.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %
2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00	6	6	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$4,000.00	9	9	50.0 %
2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$13,750.00	9	12	42.9 %
2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$8,000.00	11	11	50.0 %
2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	$11,375.00	8	11	42.1 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	11	$17,000.00	26	25	51.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,950.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	CEV	16	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	4	2	0	2	$29,375.00	25	30	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mykola Babich													Oleg Nikolaev
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,375.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$385.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,985.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2003	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2003	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,875.00	2003	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$225.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$375.00	2004	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,475.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,375.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$2,125.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	$6,875.00	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	$6,875.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	$4,000.00	2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$4,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$5,687.50	2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	$5,687.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
62	1	1	0	2	5	13	10	4	26	$32,922.50	Total	Total	41	1	0	0	2	2	10	8	3	15	$26,522.50

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	5	20.0%	2	8.0%	18	72.0%	5-20	20.0%	18-18	50.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	26-25	51.0%
2007-2008	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	3	21.4%	0	0.0%	11	78.6%	3-11	21.4%	9-11	45.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	15-15	50.0%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	12	85.7%	1-13	7.1%	12-24	33.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	8-15	34.8%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	21	9	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	23
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	0	0	22	11	0	0	0	0	5	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	36	34

Head to Head Results
Babich/Nikolaev trail the series against the field 12-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	21-12, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	4	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	21-12, 21-15	0:40
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	4, Q1	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	21-15, 21-19	0:44
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Marques/Solberg	6, Q1	Babich/Nikolaev	Q17	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	7, Q1	Babich/Nikolaev	26	21-14, 21-13	0:41
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	4	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
8/24/07	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	11	Babich/Nikolaev	22	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Li/Zhou, China 1-2
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Li/Zhou	9	Babich/Nikolaev	26	21-18, 21-18	0:48
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Li/Zhou	21, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:37
7/5/06	FIVB	France Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q19	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-17, 22-20	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	26	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	27-25, 13-21, 17-15	1:07
Trail the series against # 11 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-2
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	Q14	21-16, 21-14	0:45
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	16	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	1:01
8/24/06	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	9	Babich/Nikolaev	8	21-13, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	18, Q21	Babich/Nikolaev	Q37	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58
Series tied with # 14 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	9	Plavins/Samoilovs	16	21-19, 21-16	0:42
5/17/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs		Babich/Nikolaev		25-23, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Lione/Varnier	1	21-13, 15-21, 15-12	1:04
8/8/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	6	Babich/Nikolaev	11	25-23, 21-14	0:47
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	Lione/Varnier	Q26	14-21, 26-24, 21-19	0:58
Lead the series against # 17 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q3	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 19 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	Dugrip/Gagliano	20	21-12, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 21 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	6	Babich/Nikolaev	9	21-19, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-2
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	Lochhead/Pitman	Q3	21-17, 25-23	0:43
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Babich/Nikolaev	Q27	21-16, 21-17	0:32
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Babich/Nikolaev	Q58	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 24 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Brenha/Maia	14	Babich/Nikolaev	29, Q14	21-17, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 29, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Babich/Nikolaev	Q3	28-26, 21-16	0:51
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	Ces/Ces	Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # Q6 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-1
6/16/07	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Babich/Nikolaev	3	Hoyer/Soderberg	12	32-30, 15-21, 15-13	1:10
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Babich/Nikolaev	Q20	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q13	21-19, 21-17	0:44
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q19	Babich/Nikolaev	Q14	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	1:03